Perhaps also showing his commitment to a new direction, or a new goal with music, HTDA features his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, as well as English composer/producer Atticus Ross. While interviews with Reznor have all tried to shift Angels' sound away from NIN, the sound is unmistakably Reznor. Still, one can detect a different approach, likely due to the addition of new minds attempting to steer the project away from Reznor's dark, little, creepy world.
The first single, A Drowning, has been released, however, the song isn't all that good. I prefer so far to hold some hope in the brief, minute long studio clips released on their website.
-If we're born moving forward, do we move backwards when we're still?